'Pretty Little Liars' Season Finale Scoop: Marlene King Reveals How 'A' Will Be Unmasked

Plus, Marlene says the finale features the series’ creepiest moment yet! (Yes, even ‘creepier than the dolls.’)

I’ve got good some very good news for Pretty Little Liarsfans — especially those of you with anxiety issues: creator Marlene Kingpromises HollywoodLife.com we won’t have to wait until the final moments of the March 19 season finale to find out who “A” is! “You’ll have time to process it and understand it as the girls are processing it and understanding it,” she teases.

There’s a popular rumor online that “A” will be revealed only to the audience, and not the girls, but Marlene is happy to say that’s not true.

“The audience and the ‘PLLs,’ as we call them, will all find out together,” she confirms.

So who will remain in the dark about “A,” even after the finale? The girls’ parents, of course!

“[The finale is] more about the PLLs,” Marlene says. “It’s a very PLL-centric episode. Their families don’t play a huge part in it.”

And speaking of finding things out, Marlene says the finale contains a major discovery that just might make for the creepiest scene in Pretty Little Liars history.

“One of the characters uncovers ‘A”s lair, and your jaw will drop to the floor,” she says. “[That scene] gives me goosebumps. It’s creepier than the dolls.”

Also, Marlene invites fans to go back and re-watch every episode of Pretty Little Liars after “A” is revealed because, she promises, every random plot point will suddenly make sense.

“‘A’ has never changed from the get-go,” she tells me. “It was designed to be that way so that when we revealed it, it would make sense. I don’t think we have any holes we have left to fill!”

I’ll post more of my interview with Marlene a little later, but for now, let’s share some ‘A’ theories. Vote for your prime suspect below, then hit up the comments section with your craziest theories! (And remember: No theory is too crazy.)

1. Ezra’s short story ends “everything she had known disappeared, drifting into the summer sky.” Who died in the summer? Ali.

2. Ezra didn’t seem all too surprised when Aria told him she was the one who blinded Jenna.

3. The night Ella got A’s letter, Ezra kept trying to delay Aria going home. Maybe he wanted to be sure Ella would have read the letter by the time Aria got there.

4. There are many references to A’s eyes in the show, as well as many references to Ezra’s eyes. Example: the text Aria sent him that ended up going to Ella was about how pretty Ezra’s eyes are. In one episode, someone calls A “pretty eyes.”

5. People used to call him “Z” in high school, which is the last letter of his last name. Last letter of his first name? A.

6. He has a typewriter. Byron and Ella have both received letters written on typewriters. Aria has mentioned his typewriter a few times, and the camera is constantly focusing on it.

7. It was Ezra’s apartment that got robbed by A before they told the therapist about A. It was his diploma hanging in the office. He could easily have put it there himself.

8. He probably has easy access to student’s lockers. Most High Schools give the teachers their student’s locker combos.

9. The dark-haired couple… Ezra and Jackie?

10. He was a student at Hollis while Byron was having that affair… He could’ve found out by accident. Meredith was just sitting all over Byron’s office with a giant “MISTRESS” sign on her foreehead.

11. A has always been pretty easy on Aria. This could be because he actually loves her, or because his final torture for her is finding out her “twue wuv” is A.

12. Hanna was hit by the car because “she knew too much.” But if Hanna didn’t know who A was, why did she get hit? Because she knew about Ezra’s affair with Aria.

13. When Ella asks if Ezra knows anyone who would want to hurt him, he says “there might have been… but not anymore.” We assume he’s talking about Jackie. But IS he?

14. After the danceathon, A went to get their coat from coatcheck, where Ella was working. She was smiley and said “hope you had a good time tonight!” That was the night she had set Ezra up with Simone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGz3fJ8kJc

15. In that same scene, A’s coatcheck number is 32. Ezra’s apartment is 3B (B is the second letter of the alphabet).

16. A makes lots of literary references.

17. Why was Ezra at Ali’s funeral if he didn’t know she was friends with Aria?

18. A knew which book Ezra had been published in.

19. He drove by on his bike right before they got the note saying “ding dong the bitch is dead.”

20. The writers said that episode 1×13 has a big hint as to who A is, and in that eipsode, the chalkboard says “but I was A” right behind Ezra.

You r right. That is really weird. Could she possibly be A? I’m not gonna sleep until I figure this mystery out. Why would Aria be A and why would she be wearing A’s same gloves? Please reply when you get a chance. -A

Shy, it’s Jenna, mellissa can’t run with belly, Garrett in jail, Jason too lonely + daddy issues. Jenna miserable life with revenge plans, if she got the queen bee why not it’s babies too to reach into the honey..shh not mike, Ezra or any parents dah! Mona loves hanna too much to lose her

I actually think it might be Mike..He’s been so awol, and the whole breaking-and-entering/needing therapy bit? It fits. He knew about Ezria, even supported it. He snuck around, hid files on his computer, acted mad shady in general. he might have had an unlikely alliance in maybe Jenna or Melissa or someone, but I think it’s a possibility that make a lot of random plot twists and turns make more sense.

Trying to make connections between the money Jason found and the money Lucas ‘lost’ of Caleb’s, or even the money Ashley took from the bank.. Bit tenuous, but if the identity of A has been planned all along then we need to think back to all the clues we’ve been given and make links!